Who did you keep?
Have 3rd overall pick in my limited keeper (5) 8 team H2H league.
Daily rosters 2C/LW/RW, 4D, 1 util, 2 goalies.
Stats are
- G, A, P, +/-, Pims, PPP, GWG, SOG
- W, GAA, SV%, SHO
Notable players available:
Kopitar
Zetterberg (c,lw)
Datsyuk (c,lw)
Couture (c,lw)
Marleau (c, lw)
Kunitz (lw)
E.Kane (lw)
Pacioretty (lw)
Hartnell (lw)
Lucic (lw)
Voracek (rw)
Seguin (c,rw)
Sharp (c,lw,rw)
Wheeler (rw)
Lupul (lw,rw)
Backes (c,rw)
Quick
Niemi
Crawford
Howard
Price
Luongo
Should I target Quick with my 3rd overall pick? He's a tier 1 goalie while there are a lot of forwards available. 3/8 teams including myself didn't keep ANY goalies; other goalies kept were Rask, Lundqvist, Rinne, Anderson, Fleury, Miller (last 2 by same team for some reason).
Or just load up on offensive players? my traditional strategy b/c of 8 skater categories vs 4 goalie cats, and I consider GAA, and SV% qualitative goalies stats, while W's are quantitative, and SHO fairly random.
Top 5 players to consider drafting (thinking winger eligible guys)? Thanks again will rep for good advice.
Last edited by cdubb; September 21, 2013 at 12:54 PM.
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Who did you keep?
Karlsson, Perry, Parise, E.Staal, Getzlaf ... kept the first 4 for higher sog totals ... can trade Getzlaf for Spezza with my buddy ...
last year I was defending champion, but I had to drop guys like MSL, Datsyuk, Spezza (had more depth than elite guys unfortunately) who were all picked first round.
The 2 teams drafting ahead of me - one has Anderson in nets already, while the other team has Rinne (corrected) so good chance Quick is still available to draft.
Last edited by cdubb; September 22, 2013 at 3:38 AM.
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What do the guys drafting behind you have in goal, cdubb?
It's not cut and dry as you've got 8 skater vs only 4 goalie but to me Quick would still be the pick. He's got Elite top 3 in the league abilities and a rock solid team. He'll cement you in the goalie cats and allow you to wait a long time on a number 2 goalie. None of those forwards have game breaker ability. Quick does.
he's my choice.
Pool A
G, A, +/-, PM, PPG, SHG W L T SO SV% GAA
Cap 80,375,000
Center: Backstrom, Giroux, Stepan, Spezza
Wing: Ovechkin, Hall, Kessell, Nash, Voracek, Landeskog, Huberdeau, Schwartz
Defence: Karlsson, Goligoski, Schultz, Barrie, Gardiner, Smith
Goalie : Lundqvist, Dubnyk, Lehner
Farm: Monohan, Bjugstad, Shinkaruk, Horvat, Killorn, Rattie
Pool B
G, A, PTS, +/-, Hits, GWG W SO GAA SV%
Cap 80,375,000
F: Ovechkin, Kessell, Lupol, Backstrom, Giroux, Stepan, JvR, Forsburg, Landeskog, Etem, Eakin, Saad
D: Green, Letand, Staal, McDonaugh, Faulk, Barrie
G: Lundqvist, Halak
Bench: Lecavalier, Grabovski
Farm: Shinkaruk, Lindholm, Larsson, Gardiner, Visetin
Order of draft pick/goalies kept
1. Anderson
2. Rinne
3. none (my team)
4. Miller/Fleury
5. none
6. none
7. Lundqvist
8. Rask
So there is a chance that a couple teams after me might go for goalies 1st round. The forwards I was considering include Kopitar, Zetterberg, Kunitz, E.Kane, Voracek, Couture, but they might not be as far ahead as guys like Sharp, Wheeler, Pacioretty, Lupul, Marleau available in 2nd round etc.
If Quick gets picked before my turn, are the other goalies (Niemi, Howard, Crawford, Luongo) worth drafting, or should I wait until 2nd round?
Last edited by cdubb; September 21, 2013 at 2:23 PM.
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Last edited by One87; September 21, 2013 at 5:03 PM.
League:Fantrax 18 Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G)
Cats:G, A, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, H+B, FOW, S, SV%, W, GAA
C: Backstrom,Giroux,MacKinnon,Seguin
W: D.Brown,Hartnell,Hossa,P.Kane
Kesler,Marleau,Perron,Zibanejad
D: Boyle,Del Zotto,Doughty,D.Hamilton,Hedman,Markov
G: Rinne
Bench: Braun,Comeau, Demers,DeHaan,Polak,Stempniak,Wingels --Fleury
Actually I think there is still a tonne of good goaltending you haven't listed here and I would go with offense for at least the first two rounds before I took a goalie.
Since you have 2 solid centers already I don't think Kopitar is the right first pick - give me Zetts I think.
you can't pass up Quick....i would take him and then target Voracek or Kane in the next round...both should get you good points, and Kane will be top 5 in shots on goal
Last edited by cdubb; September 22, 2013 at 3:38 AM.
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Sorry cdubb, I completely missed your post about draft order and goalies kept - don't know why that happened.
Boy you could really get caught out if you pass on a goalie in the first round - not sure it's worth the risk. Actually all the guys you listed as available are Tier 1 or at the top of Tier 2 so no I wouldn't wait.
If you can later wangle Schneider as a 3rd goalie I don't think you will be unhappy.